The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1243: All The DPS

Karl relaxed in his seat as Dana and the visitors discussed the intricate details of the tactics and skills needed to accomplish the feat.

The consensus was that the two best ways would be a Druid Tank with [Limited Invulnerability] and a white dragon Cleric who took a barrier specialization, or multiple Golem Mages and Rogues for crowd control, so that the boss didn’t damage anyone else.

All of the above was also an option if you had the people.

“What sort of group combination did you have to set the new Mythic kill time record? That might also be possible to top.” One of the mages asked.

“Well, Karl is short on damage because he’s a Beast Master who advanced before his beasts. But we’ve both got three Golem type spells, plus some extra summons for bonus damage. Then Deve as our tank, a Warrior and our healer.”

The mage looked confused at her answer, so Karl clarified.

“We both have Golem, Greater Golem, and Epic Golem spells. Plus Golem Duplication. So, we have a rather formidable summoned force. Enough that there is no need for either of us to get into melee combat most of the time, though we are both melee capable classes.” He offered.

“So, Beast Master is a Warrior Type Class?” The dragonkin Guild Master asked.

“No, not at all. It’s really more of a support type class than a directly combat oriented class. Normally, I fight with a group of bonded magical beasts at my side and share skills with them. But if I need to go into close combat, I have a transformation spell to become an Avatar of the World Dragon.” Karl explained.

The Guild Masters chattered quietly as they tried to decide whether that was an improvement or not. Some classes offered buffs, like the bards, but they were generally useless in combat.

That clearly wasn’t the case for the Beast Master class, but that might only be because of the transformation and summoning skills that he had gained.

Even a bard who could turn into a Mythic Dragon would be at least half decent in combat, just based on his physical prowess. In fact, for the pure-blooded dragons, their class was more of a bonus to their abilities at lower levels, unless they were a cleric.

“So, if I understand this right, your skills allow you to buff the damage done by your whole group, and when your beasts are on your level, they accompany you into combat, effectively increasing the numbers of the party members?” Paul, the Guild Master of the Crimson Tide, asked.

Karl nodded. “That’s exactly it. I didn’t have the beasts today, but if you ask Lars, I believe he will be a big fan of the barrier spell that I use, which was gained from Thor, one of my team members.

Most of my offensive bonuses are granted to my own summons and bonded partners, but the defensive ones I can spread across the whole team.”

The white dragon nodded happily, and Paul frowned.

He hated not knowing things.

“So, what we need to try to set a new record will be a group that does more damage than the one you went with. In theory, that should be possible. Most groups don’t really try to maximize damage dealing. Instead, you send a group that can do it safely, so you don’t risk lives on trash loot.

And that’s all we will get if we don’t beat your time and trigger the change.” He sighed.

Karl nodded. “There is a chance that we will be able to use it again when we go back. Sometimes the System is good like that, and makes it a permanent bonus for the ones with the achievement.”

The assembled Guild Leaders began to discuss the issue, and Karl waited for them to form more questions.

Fortunately, Deve’s Guild cook saved them with a timely intervention in the form of small plates of pasta, served with assorted dessert squares and wine.

The scent of the pasta, a Royal Rank Mythic Cooking creation, was enough to distract everyone, and completely derail the interrogation.

“What is this? Is it a rare plant you found somewhere?” Paul asked Deve.

“It’s actually normal ingredients. One of our cooks learned a cooking related System Skill. This is her first attempt at making a fancy dish.” The druid announced proudly.

Technically, there was Royal Ranked cured ham in it. But in Zilaz, that was considered a common ingredient, and it was sold at nearly every butcher in town.

“An advanced System Skill for cooking. Now that is quite something. I know a few who have cooking as a skill, but it’s nothing like this.” One of the mages noted.

“It’s called Mystic Cooking. An entirely different thing than simple cooking proficiency.” Deve agreed.

But that did not have the intended result. It actually upset the assembled Guild Masters even more.

“So, not only did the Nara Guild Alliance have the secret to improving dungeons for better loot, and multiple rare crafting skills, they were also keeping an entirely new cooking method to themselves?

You guys are just too sneaky.” One of the warriors complained.

Deve raised his hands. “It’s not like that. The cooking skill is just as new as the improvement to the Mythic Dungeon. We haven’t had an opportunity to even build a cookbook from it yet.”

“So, it was a Dungeon Reward?” The warrior asked, realization shining in his eyes.

But when Deve hesitated and looked at Karl, everyone’s attention shifted.

Karl just shrugged. “It’s new to his Guild, they got it about an hour ago. The Darklight Host has had it for some time now. But we do like to keep some of our creature comforts to ourselves as special techniques to impress higher ranking guests.”

The Guild Masters grumbled out half-hearted objections. There wasn’t much that they could do to the Darklight Host as a whole without upsetting Supreme Lady Matilda.

So, even if they were shady and hiding skills that the rest of the world would kill to get their hands on, only a madman would try to take that knowledge by force.